Well first of all if it works why replace it???? You can always update the
pieces and heck with a litte change
here and there you could build your own distro based off Stormix.
This is the beauty of Linux.
-----Original Message-----
From: edoc <kd4e@arrl.net>
To: slug@nks.net <slug@nks.net>
Date: Monday, April 30, 2001 6:14 PM
Subject: [SLUG] Choosing a Distro to Replace Stormix
>> That's the wonderful thing about GNU/Linux.. you have a choice (such as
>> my choosing SuSE rather than Mandrake... An yes, I've tried them both ;)
>>
>> P.S.
>> I tend to be a pacifist about this one (because they all have their
>> goods and bads) but if you want to (just for kicks!!), may the holy wars
>> begin *hee hee hee*. First a comment on a GUI ("Mandrake and KDE.. the
>> future of Linux.... it really is..."), then on a Distro... oh yeah...
>> it's-a-brewin'...
>>
>> Norb
>
>I chose Stormix because it is Debian-based, now Progeny is being touted as
>the replacement-du-jour for Stormix. Most of the claims for Mandrake 8
were
>made for Stormix (though their last release used some older Debian stuff)
>...
>and are now being made for Progeny.
>
>Why would I choose Mandrake 8 over the current release of Progeny, please?
>
>Would it make sense for me to load Mandrake 7.1 (because I have it) or to
>just get a Mandrake 8 CD and load that ... that is should I choose to move
>to
>Mandrake vs Progeny and abandon the orphaned Stormix.
>
>Thanks! Doc
>
>
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